Fruit trimmer and slicer



T. WHITTAM.

FRUIT TRIMMER AND SLICER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7. 192I.

1,408,05 1. Patented Feb. 28, 1922,.

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FRUIT TRIMMER AND SLICER.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 'Fl 28 1922 Application filed September 7, 1921. Serial No. 499,118. j

- To all whomit may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS \VHirTAin-oi West Kendall, in the county, of Orleans and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvementsv in Fruit Trimmers and Slicers; and I do hereby-declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formlng a partot this specification, and to the ref-' erence numerals marked thereon.

,This invention relates to devices for removing the :core portions and cutting up or slicingj fruit-such as apples. In preparing apple products it has been a comm'onprao 1 tice. to remove the core portion by subjecting the i'ruit'to the action or" a coring implement, such :as the tubular knife or blade, well known 1n the art, and in the same oper- 'ationlorelse subsequentlvto out up or slice 7 the fruit. In such coring operation, due to :the core remaining inthe apple-rat: one

various circumstances, the coring; implement has been founcL-m a COIISldGIELlOlBuPI'OPOX tion of: instances, to cut' eccentrically of thecore,'or inother words toleave al'porti'on oi According T to: the

of the; cored opening. I has principles or the presentinvention it been found advantageous to-first core thefruit :and to subject the imperfectly cored specimens to the action ofzan eiiiciently de -product.from the seeds andihusks of the core; Tothese and other ends"the-invention 'allei with the stem and extending radially" of the latter with their upper; edgesresides-insoertain improvements and com-' binations of parts all as will hereinafter be morelully described, the novel features 'be- .in pointed out in the claims at theendot Figure 1 is aside elevation of a device em side Figure 8 is a sectionallelevation on the line 3 -3 of FigureQ; v I

Figure tis a side elevation of a modified form of the invention; i

Figure 5 the sectional plan View of the same on line; 5*--5 of Figure 4:;

higure 6 is a top plan view or the same as applied to the fruit. i

. Similar reference numerals throughout the several views indicate the same parts.

'1he invention comprises, preferably, a-

cylindrical stem portion indicated generallv at 10, Figure 1, the upper endtof which is somewhat smaller-in diameter than the usual opening cut by a coring implement'in the fruit.- -At 11 is shown an appl'e which has been previously coredas at 12 f and placed onithei stem, theupper end of which readily enters the cored opening 12. The stemis" enlarged below as at 13 to substantially the cored openingiand guide the apple to proper position for cooperation with the implement. The upper end ot the enlarged portionll isbeveled as shown to facilitate entrance: intern-e core opening, the apple beingplaced on the steni at its upper end" and sliddownwardly to the position shown as well understood in the art and any suitable means such as the r'eciprocable platelike memberlt'may be provided for forcing the apple against the cuttingelements;

In the present instance the trimming element or hlade'is assoclatedwith' the usual plurality of radial slicing bl ades, 15, so that r shownfand the'slicing blades 15 have their inner ends inserted and secured in openings 7 in the stem port on 13. The slicing blades are shown in the present instance as parlying in the same plane and sharpened to cutthefrurt.

The trimming-element comprises curved blade located on on'e .side oi the stem portion 13 m spaced relation with-the latter andarrangedin the present embodiment to extend in the "form of a circular arc concentrio with the arms of the stem.

In the form of the invention, shown in Figures 1 to 3, the trimming blade extends between and is fixed to and supportedby three of the six slicing blades, withiits upper edge suitablysharpened and lying in the plane of the cutting edges of the slicing As shown the trimming blade is" inclined outwardly away from the stem in blades.

alignment with the trimming-blade 16. As

the apple is moved downwardly it is centered and guided by cooperation of the stemportion 13 with the cored opening12 and the'trimming blade is arranged to trim oif cleanly and remove a thin slice of the fruit at one side of the cored opening suiii cient to remove the remaining cored portion. The apple is simultaneously cut into slices :bythe slicing blades.

In Figures 4 toy6 inclusive is shown a modified form otthe invention in which the. stem portion 17 carries but four sllcing blades 18- instead of six, with asimilar trimming blade 19 associated therewith.

This trimming blade also is arcuate in shape and inclined for clearance relative to the stem as described above, and-in thisinstance the blade 19 is fixed adjacentits center to.

one of the trimming. blades with its ends connected-with the stem. The construction shown in this modification. is more particularly adapted for fruit of smallersizes. At 20-, Figure 6, is shown in plan view an apple whiclrhas been cored eccentrically: and for this or, other reasons haslhad a portion of the coreleft at one side of the cored opening, with an illustration ofthe application of the present implement thereto.

In operation the device is preferably sup ported in-any suitable manner in a station ary position and the imperfectly cored-specimensof fruit are selected and placedon the upper endofthe stem portionwith the remaining core portion in alignment with the The apples are forced trimming blade.

. downwardly by any suitable implement such as indicated at lei-and are simultaneously trimmed and sliced in the mannerdescribed,

succeeding apples forcing the preceding" apples completely past the trimming-andslicing blades. Obviously difierenttnumbers ofslicing blades may be employed and" differently constructedand "arranged, and the trimming; blade may be given difierent curved shapes and diiferent lengths although theshapes andlengths described above have been found. preferable.

The device is simple and practical in construction and, affords a convenient and eflicient" means for quickly and cleanly trimming the-r cored opening of the fruit, with the result that the objectionable core portions, which tend to reduce the quality of the product, are effectively eliminated'with a minimum. wastage-of fruit substance.

I claim as my invention:

1. A device for trimming cored'fruit coim prisinga stem porti'onfor insertion in the cored opening in the fruit and a trimming blade onlone side of andspaced from said stem and extending in an arc partway across the latter for trimming one side of the cored opening.

A device for trimming cored fruit compris nga cylindrical stem for insertion in the cored 'o ning of the fruit and an arcuate trimmlnglblade'on one side of the stem fixed on-the latter inspacedrelation and extending 'part way across the stem and inclined away from the stem axis: in the direction of'movement of the fruit.

3. A device for trimming andeslicin fruit comprisinga plurality of slicing blac es extending radially from a center and a trimming blade on one side of said center in the" form of an are for trimming thefruit at' one side of the core.

4. A device for trimming and slicing cored fruiticomprising a stem for insertion in'the cored-opening in the fruit, alplurality ofsl-icingblades fixed radially on said'stem,

and a trimming bl'ade on oneside of the cored opening in the fruit.

5. A device for trimming andcored fruit'comprising a plurality of blades extendingradially from a common axis, and'a blade for trimming a side of the'cored opening in the fruit arra-ngedin the form of a concentric are connecting certain of said slicing blades on one side of said axisand inclined away from the latter in the direction of movement of the fruit.

6. A device: for trimming and slicing cored fruitcomprising. a cylindricalste'm adapted to fitthe cored opening-in the fruit, extending slicing stem, and a: trimming a: plurality of radially blades carried by said blade arranged-in a circular are on one side of said stein in spaced relation therewith and inclined away from the same in the di-; rection of movement of the fruit-foritrimming one side of the cored-openingin the latter;

THOMAS WHITTAM.

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